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No'ModL E. STALOUP a? G. W. STEWART. BAND SUTTEE AND EEEDEE EOE TE-EASEINS MACHINES. I No. 259,232. I Patented June 6, 1882.

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UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN STALOUP AND GEORGE W. STEWART, OF WORTHINGTON, IND., ASSIGNORS OF ONETHIRD TO D. A. BARRAOKMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

BAND-CUTTER AND FEEDER FOR THRASHlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,232, dated June 6, 1882.-

Application filed September 24, 1881.

-To all whom it maytonce'rn:

Be'it known that we, BENJAMIN STALGUP and GEORGE W. STEWART, of Worthington, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Band-Cutters and Feeders for Thrashing- Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention is an improvement upon our improved/band-cutter and feeder, for which Letters Patent were granted September 20, 1881, No. 247,427; and our present invention consists of a transversely-moving toothed bar or shaker placed between the knife-shaft and the revolving spreader for more thoroughly spreading or shaking out the bundles after the bands have been cut, and also of improved spikes or teeth for the slats of the web.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of our invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shakingbar. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the shield-board.

v Fig. 4 is a plan view of a part of the web.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the slats having our improved spikes or teeth.. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the spikes. Fig. 7 is a detailed view of the web and one end of one of the slats, showing the improved means for attaching them together, and Fig. 8 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan view.

This band-cutter and feeder is adapted to be attached to the table or other support in front of the thrashing-machine by means of the bolts a a passing through the side bars, A A, of the frame of the band-cutter and feeder, and through the bars B B of the table or other support attached to the thrashing-machine, and the moving parts of the band-cutter and feeder are adapted to receive motion from a pulley secured upon the shaft of the cylinder of the thrashing-machine through the band a passing over the pulley O on the front shaft, 0', over which the endless web D passes, the other shaft, 11, for the web being journaled in the rear ends of the side bars, A A, of the frame, as shown in Fig. 1.

Between the knife-shaft F and the spreader- G is placed in the brackets d d, which are secured to the sides of the side bars, A A, the

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shaking-bar J. This shaking-bar is preferably formed of a bar of wood or iron ofsuitablelength, provided with the iron or wooden pins j, projecting from its under side, and at its ends with the rods 0 0, which pass through suitable holes in the brackets d d. To the under side of the bar J, at one end, is hinged 'the double crank K, which crank is journaled in bearings a a upon the side of one of the side bars, A, and through this crank, by means of the rods and the crank-wheel L, secured upon the end of the rear web-shaft, d, a rapid transverse motion is imparted to the shakingbar which causes the straw of the bundles,

after passing under the knife-shaft, to be spread out and separated and somewhat retarded pre paratory to passing under the spreader G.

To prevent the straw in its passage under the spreader G winding around the spreader we provide the side boards, M M, which rest upon the side bars, A A, and inclose the spreader and knife-shaft with the shield-board N, which is slightly inclined from the top of to pass through a suitable space under the shield, thus obviating all danger of the straw tangling and winding around the shaft.

The bars ff of the endless web are secured at their ends to the side straps, f f, of the web by metal staples h, which lap over the ends of the slats or bars f f, as shown in Fig. 7, and pass through the straps and receive the washers t 2' upon the ends, and the ends are then headed to securely hold the washers, as shown in Fig. 8. The bars f f are perforated through from edge to edge, as shown clearly in Fig. 5, and through these perforations the U-shaped blanks P are adapted to pass. These blanks are of suitable length, so that after passing through the said perforations of the bars the ends thereof may be bent up at an acute angle, as shown in Fig. 5, to form the teeth or prongs of the web. By securing the slats to the straps of the web by the staples h, which reach over both edges of the bars, as

above described, the slats pass around the pulthe fastening as in the ordinary method, thus making the web more durable, and in this manner of fastening there will be no possibility of the slats or bars splitting, which is a common occurrence when fastened in the ordinary way, and there will be less danger of the heads of the staples drawing through the belt or strap than when a single rivet is used.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a band-cutting and feeding device for thrashing-machines, the combination, with the side bars, A, provided with the bearings a a, and the brackets d, of the bar J, provided with the teethj and the end rods, 0, the double crank BENJAMIN STALCUP. GEORGE W. STEWART.

Witnesses:

WM. H. MERCER, H. J. HoorrsTETLER. 

